Oooh, good news, people, good news. HOLLYWOOD SPY's favourite Lee Pace has officially confirmed to MTV that he is auditioning today in front of the Marvel Studios executives for the role of Peter Quill or the Star-lord in superhero adventure GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY. I've reported before that Eddie Redmayne, James Marsden, Joel Edgerton, Jim Sturgess and Sullivan Stapleton are also in the run to audition for the most coveted role in the future Hollywood projects. This is the role of a former NASA astronaut who comes to learn that his father is an alien, which leads him into outer space. Armed

with a sentient ship and a suit that enhances his strength, Quill eventually transforms himself into the Star-Lord. The film is scheduled for August 2014! As you know Lee Pace, whom you've seen in visual delight THE FALL and in PUSHING DAISIES, is playing Elven king Thranduil the father of Legolas in THE HOBBIT. If I remember correctly some time ago he was also one of the main candidates for the Superman role which later on went to Henrylicious Cavill. He also played recently in LINCOLN.

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Yet another YA book to get its movie adaptation istheHUSH HUSH SAGA
from Becca Fitzpatrick. Sold in around 35 countries around

world, the
novels follow sixteen-year-old Nora Grey whose life quickly changes when
she meets Patch, a mysterious new bad boy in school. Her instincts tell
her to stay away from him, but Nora can't help being drawn to his
undeniable charm. As they get closer, Nora finds herself in dangerous
inexplicable situations and begins to realize that Patch is actually a
fallen angel with harmful intentions. Speaking of books, Ernest Cline,
who only a few days ago signed a seven-figure deal for his book ARMADA
with Crown Publishing, will also see his book made into a film.
Universal will make a film out of his story which has a high-concept
hook that offers the ultimate wish fulfillment to every video game fan
on the planet.

HAMMER OF THE GODS CLIP

Your trusted HOLLYWOOD SPY, one of web's biggest sites for all things epic, has informed you previously about this Viking epic and now we have the first

trailer. HAMMER OF THE GODS should hit cinemas sometime next year, a Viking epic with GAME OF THRONES' James Cosmo, CAMELOT's Clive Standen, DA VINCI DEMONS' Elliot Cowan and TWILIGHT's blond hunk Charlie Bewley. Set in the violent
world of Viking Britain in 871 AD, this will be the story of a young
Viking warrior, Steinar (Bewley), sent by his father the King (Cosmo) on
a quest to find his estranged brother, who was banished from the
kingdom many years before. Steinar's epic journey across hostile
territory gradually sees him emerge as the man his father wants him to
be - the ruthless and unforgiving successor to his throne.

glad you liked the Vikings :)And it's true that all YA crapbooks have the same plots and the same lack of quality in writing :( Not to mention that they all try to make evil and dark look romantic and sexy :(

Sweaty, hunky men covered in dirt-me is getting all tingly and warm. As long as they're not invading Ireland, I'll watch it darling :)

I do love the costuming they did for Pace in The Hobbit. So creative and very different from what I pictured in my head when reading the book. This is some serious pre-production hype for this film. I'm guessing though that the film will be worth the wait.

No on to Hush Hush. I looked at the description and read some excerpts of this horrid little series of books. Pushing the idea on young girls that bad men are attractive is just so wrong. And the whole notion that we women can somehow "redeem" them with our love is ridiculous. The Spawn was never exposed to trash fiction like this. If it wasn't literature, I didn't put it in her hands-full stop.

Yes, as long as they stay away from Eire, those scantily clad warriors can entertain us on the big screen :)

The crazy thing is that GUARDIANS are scheduled to hit cinemas the same summer as AVENGERS 2 and many other superherofilms :(

Amen to that, Annzie. You know that I'm deeply disgusted by YA novels and they are the pure evil in today's literature. They teach girls to lust for bad boys, for the evil ones, to seek sexy in demons, fallen angels, vampires.... The most disturbing thing is that most of YA is written by mothers! Imagine mothers who write about vampires, blood, killings, demons, deeply disgusting!

I don't know where that falsehood started about couples changing each other. They don't. Not in big things or even small things. You just learn to cover up your flaws, but deep down you're still the same evil toilet seat spraying ignoramus. ;D

Some women just can't resist a "fixer upper" and really all forms of media have played into this idea. One of the things that was good for The Hubby and I is that we were friends for a year before we dated. As friends we didn't pretend to be better than we really were. We knew each other "warts and all". And really, if you have to beat the hell out of a man to change him, he'll just resent you later.

Anne, you and the hubs definitely took the right path. Dating and starting relationships based on physical attraction just puts everyone on the wrong path. You should come together warts and all. Never, ever try to change for that person. If they can't accept you exactly as your are, why bother?

I really like the premise of Guardians Of The Galaxy - just about anything set in space intrigues me. Hammer Of The Gods looks a little too violent for my tastes - although I do appreciate hot Vikings, hehe!!

I'm with Anne on this one! This movie looks fantastic and right up my alley! Bring on Hammer of the Gods. Especially because it will fill that niche that my poor little heart needs once Spartacus is gone. Yeah, yeah, not the same but still, fighting and all that valor!